Temptation

79 - Madden

"Hey," I say. I sound normal to myself; I'm hoping that portrays off to Hero as well. "Hey babe. I'm sorry I haven't spoken to you in a couple of days. It's been nutty over here." If I don't accept his apology, then I'd be a hypocrite specifically because I am high right now. "It's okay. I understand." Hero starts engaging in conversation with me, asking me what I have been doing these two days and I leave out the part that I'm currently with Tom Holland and I'm high. Tom comes into the room, and thankfully he notices I'm on the phone, so he keeps quiet as he crunches on popcorn beside me. "I'm very tired Hero. I'm going to get some sleep." I interrupt Hero as he tells me about his interview, "I forgot that the time is different. Have a good sleep." I say my goodbye to him and hang up. I feel really guilty for lying, but I cannot tell him what's going on because if I do, he will come home, and he needs to stay on this tour this time.

I eventually fall asleep while watching Harry Potter with Tom who throws a blanket over me to keep me comfortable. Luckily, Tom is considerate and respectful of my relationship that he finishes the movie and goes to another room in the home to sleep.

* * *

I wake up and roll over to an empty side of the bed, yet again. It's depressing that I used to wake up every single morning alone then I find someone who wakes me up with a kiss every morning to now, being alone again. I am accustomed to being in Hero's arms every morning, ready to conquer each day that now, it's difficult for me to even step out of bed. I turn to my phone, to see that Hero's sent me images of his time in Vegas and a text to go with them:

Taking off for Texas, flight is about 3 hours so I will text you when we land. I love you.

I text him back, knowing that he won't be answering for another two hours.

I love you.

Then there is a knock at my bedroom door. I almost forgot Tom was here last night and did not remember saying goodbye to him, so it only makes sense that he spent the night here. I cover my body with the blanket and yell, "Come in." Tom walks in with two coffees, handing one to me. He sits on the edge of the bed and we sip on our coffee together. "Come to my premier tomorrow for Onward with me?" He asks. I'm running low on coffee and could use some more. "Then you can come to the afterparty at my place." I look at the empty mug in my hand and place it beside me on the nightstand then look up to Tom. "I don't think that is a great idea. You know how the media can be and if I go with you, they will be all over us like I'm cheating on Hero." "But if Hero knows and we know that that isn't true it doesn't matter what other people think. Plus, it's sad that you're stuck here in your pajamas all day." We laugh together; it is true, it's depressing being stuck in our home without Hero. After laughing over my loneliness for a while, I finally agree to go to the premier and party with Tom. This means, I need to go shopping today to find something to wear to this thing. Tom goes to the living room, waiting for his assistant to bring over some extra clothes for him so that he can come shopping with me in warmer weather. I take a quick shower, dry my hair, do my makeup and then scavenge through the closet for something cute yet casual. After trying three outfits on, I end up wearing a black overall with a white long-sleeve and a red raincoat with white slip-on shoes. When I come down to the main floor, I open the backyard doors to check the temperature and it's not raining but it's still chilly outside. I meet Tom at the front door after feeding Bean, leaving him with some water and pull out Hero's black beanie from the closet. It's been about two hours and fifteen minutes, so Hero's plane should have landed by now. I tell Tom to meet me in his car and make a call. "Madden, hey. Just got off the plane. I can see the fucking crowd of people from the window here." "You always said Texas has the most fans for these movies." He laughs on the other line. "I just wanted to let you know that Tom and I are about to go shopping. He's invited me to go to his premier tomorrow night and the party afterwards." "Seriously?" I figured Hero would be annoyed by this, his jealously can be very drastic at times. "You don't need to be jealous of Tom. He's just trying to keep me company while you're gone." Hero snaps at me, telling me that if I want to hang out with someone, to call Sophie and that I don't need to be hanging out with other guys when he's not around. "Jealously isn't very hot on you Hero. I'm allowed to go plus, it's Tom. He's innocent." After I say this, Hero hangs up on me. I don't understand him. Tom is a good friend to him; I'll talk to him later tonight when he's done being a baby.

* * *

Tom and I go through a few stores, but I can't seem to find anything that suits me. My body is too small for anything frilly and everything is way too tight in the chest area. As we walk the streets of London, Adam follows closely to me and Tom has his bodyguard following him. We go into a smaller shop, with less designer clothing, just to take a chance. Inside, I find the cutest black and white checkered skater dress. I try the dress on, and walk out to show Tom, "It's perfect!" He says. I think he's just happy to be done shopping with me.

Tom offers to pay for the dress, and as I try to stop him from paying, it's too late. The woman at the desk laughs at our bickering about him paying for me, "How long have you two been together?" She asks. Tom looks at me, continuing to laugh and I respond back to the woman, "Oh no. He's not my boyfriend, we're just friends." Sarcastically Tom says, "Ouch."